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Composer Prize Winner 2023

Eric Wubbels

Works

new work [2023-24]
for two pianists and two percussionists
(~40')
commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University and the New York State Council for the Arts
for yarn/wire

Horn Trio [2022-23]
for violin, horn, and piano
(17')
commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the International Horn Society
for Kylwyria

NAVIS, EGGE/EGGEN (modules from Axamer Folio) [2022]
for saxophone and drumset
for Sascha Armbruster and João Pacheco

STAMS, STATZ, PFOSCH (modules from Axamer Folio) [2022]
for saxophone and drumset
for Ingrid Laubrock and Ian Antonio

phrēn [2022]
for string quartet
(19')
commissioned by the Earle Brown Music Foundation and Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik
for the JACK Quartet
8/25/22: JACK Quartet, TIME:SPANS Festival, New York, NY

Beings (I.X.) [2021-22]
for five improvising brass players and piano
(55')
for Nate Wooley, Forbes Graham, David Byrd-Marrow, Weston Olencki, Dan Peck, and Eric Wubbels
2/28/22: Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY

interbeing [2017-25]
for instruments (soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, percussion), objects, bodies, text, images, food
(45-120'+)
commissioned by TAK Ensemble
First Iteration, 5/21/22: TAK, DiMenna Center, New York, NY
includes the following pieces:

Quintets (extractable chamber works) [2021-25]

I. BREAD [2021] (11')
II. INSTRUMENTS [2022] (12')
III. OXYGEN [2023]
IV. BIRDS [2024]
V. ARMS [2025]

Cartouches (Sculpture/Installation/Performance) [2017-22]

1. Empathy
2. Analogs
3. Back to Back
4. Pietà
5. Ellery and Madison are Making Tea

Visual / Mobile / Social Pieces [2017-22]

1. Entering / Exiting / Remaining
2. Ode to Man
3. Instantiated Relation
4. Things in Themselves: Ellery's G#3 Thai Gong
5. Fireflies (Empathy II)

Altarpiece H. af K. [2021]
for three amplified bassoons
(27')
for Dana Jessen, Katherine Young, and Ben Roidl-Ward

A Drop of Water [2019-21]
for solo prepared piano
(13')
commissioned by the Center for Historical Keyboards at Cornell University
for Richard Valitutto

Intermezzo / Obstacle Theory [2020]
for prepared piano
(11')
for Kris Davis

Field of Action [2019-20]
for voice/microphones and piano/synth
[Duos with Piano VII]
(20-28')
written for and in collaboration with Charmaine Lee
2/25/22: Charmaine Lee and Eric Wubbels, Out of Your Head Records

BIRGITZ, from Axamer Folio [2019]
for saxophone and drumset
(4')
for Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Dennis Sullivan

modules/relationships [2019]
for flute, saxophone, voice, violin, piano, percussion, and live electronics
[modular, variable duration 7-40']
for the Wet Ink Ensemble
11/20/19: Wet Ink Ensemble, Huddersfield Festival (hcmf//), Huddersfield, ENGLAND

if and only if [2018-19]
for violin, cello, and prepared piano
(60')
for Josh Modney / Mariel Roberts / Eric Wubbels
9/18/19: Bowerbird Series, University Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, PA

Helix [2018]
for solo piano
(12')
2/23/21: Julia Den Boer, Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY

Voided Cross [2017-18]
for saxophone, electric guitar, piano, and percussion
(45')
commissioned by HYPERCUBE
3/24/19: Now Hear This Festival, Edmonton, AB, CANADA

acoustic quanta [2018]
for solo piano
(25')
commissioned by ISSUE Project Room
2/17/18: Eric Wubbels, ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, NY

life–still [2017]
for chamber ensemble
commissioned by the MATA Festival and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
(21')
10/28/17: Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Academy of Performing Arts, HONG KONG

gretchen am spinnrade [2016]
for cello and piano
[Duos with Piano VI]
(17')
for Mariel Roberts
12/13/16: Mariel Roberts and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter's Church, New York, NY

Auditory Scene Analysis II [2016]
for oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon
(11')
commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Splinter Reeds
10/16/2016: Splinter Reeds, Constellation, Chicago, IL

contraposition [2015]
for trombone and prepared piano
[Duos with Piano V]
(25')
commissioned by Weston Olencki
6/10/2016: Weston Olencki and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter's Church, New York, NY

Axamer Folio [2015- ]
for saxophone and drumset
(7-25’ ; modular, variable duration)
commissioned by a consortium organized by Patchwork (Noa Even and Stephen Klunk)
7/6/2016: Patchwork, Omaha Under the Radar Festival, Omaha, NE

being-time [2013-15]
for string quartet and electronic sound
(55’)
commissioned by Chamber Music America for Mivos Quartet
11/2/2015: Mivos Quartet, Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY

Points of Focus [2014]
for six percussionists
(12’)
commissioned by Arts Brookfield for Mantra Percussion
1/16/2015: Mantra Percussion, Ecstatic Music Festival, Brookfield Place, New York, NY

Auditory Scene Analysis [2014]
for 18 players, narrator, and electronic sound
(14’)
5/22/2014: Wet Ink Large Ensemble, St. Peter’s Church— Chelsea, New York, NY

doxa [2012-14]
for prepared vibraphone and prepared piano
[Duos with Piano IV]
(17’)
commissioned by Ian Antonio
12/15/2014: Ian Antonio and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter’s Church— Chelsea, New York, NY

Levitated Mass [2013]
for two electric guitars
(4')
11/20/2016: Nadav Lev and Giacomo Baldelli, Spectrum, New York, NY

Psychomechanochronometer [2013]
for solo prepared piano
(13’)
commissioned by the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust, for Eric Huebner
5/31/2013: Eric Huebner, June in Buffalo Institute, Buffalo, NY

Tautology and Translation [2012]
clarinet, cello, piano, percussion
(17’)
commissioned by Talea Ensemble
11/5/2012: Talea Ensemble, Contempuls Festival, Prague, CZECH REPULBIC

the children of fire come looking for fire [2012]
for violin and prepared piano
[Duos with Piano III]
(25’)
4/14/2012: Josh Modney and Eric Wubbels, St. Peter’s Church—Chelsea, New York, NY

Being-Time [2011]
for string orchestra, percussionist, and sine waves
(27’)
commissioned by ISSUE Project Room for the String Orchestra of Brooklyn
3/15/2012: String Orchestra of Brooklyn, St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, NY

katachi [2010-11, rev. 2012]
for flute, saxophone, piano, percussion, voice, violin, and live electronics
(20’)
for the Wet Ink Ensemble
1/12/2011: Wet Ink Ensemble, Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC- San Diego, La Jolla, CA

alphabeta [2010]
for piano four-hands and two percussionists
(8’)
commissioned by yarn/wire
6/5/2010: yarn/wire, Roulette Intermedium, New York, NY

This is This is This is [2009-10]
for one or two alto saxophones and prepared piano
[Duos with Piano II]
(21’)
5/1/2010: Wet Ink Ensemble, Roulette Intermedium, New York, NY

Ertrinken, versinken... [2008-9]
for string quartet and piano
(19’)
commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble with funds from the Argosy Foundation,
American Composers Forum, and Jerome Foundation
5/11/2009: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, SFWMPAC, San Francisco, CA

Build the reason for being born [2008]
for string orchestra
(11’)
commissioned by The Knights
12/6/2008: The Knights String Orchestra, Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY

beata viscera (2008)
for seven instruments
(16’)
1/31/2009: Wet Ink Ensemble, Roulette Intermedium, New York, NY

Untitled (for Gerhard Richter) [2008]
for large ensemble and three voices
(3’)
2/22/2008: Orkest ‘de ereprijs’, Podium Gigant, Apeldoorn, THE NETHERLANDS

Viola Quartet (“IJVER”) [2006-7]
for four violas
(16’)
12/2/2007: members of the FLUX and Cassatt Quartets, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center,
New York, NY

Shiverer [2007]
for flute and piano
[Duos with Piano I]
(7’)
commissioned by Reiko Manabe
7/13/2007: Manabe/Moriyama Duo, MUSICASA, Tokyo, JAPAN

drastic/gnostic [2006]
for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano
(9’)
7/26/2006: Members of New York New Music and Ensemble Sospeso, Wellesley, MA

Euphony [2005/6, rev. 2010]
for large ensemble
(15’)
7/23/2010: Wet Ink Ensemble, Miller Theater, New York, NY

Consolation [2003]
for solo piano
(20’)
7/20/2003: Eric Wubbels, Center for Culture, Szombáthély, HUNGARY

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